Description:
This workshop will focus on the procedures and workflows within the production of architectural images used to convey the ideas, concepts, and form of the project. Workflow will consist of Rhino> Maxwell> Photoshop and will briefly cover rendering setup, lighting and texture mapping while focusing on Rendering output, management of assets and post-processing.

Scott Sorenson is a New York based designer and educator who has extensive professional experience at internationally renowned multidisciplinary architectural firms such as Openshop, Evan Douglis Studio, Leong Leong and Easton Combs.

Recognized for his innovative approach towards design by utilizing computational systems as a means to explore latent potentials within the intersection of digital and analogue methodologies. He has collaborated on a number of completed institutional, commercial and cultural projects that have received international acclaim.

Since 2010, he has held academic positions and guest lectured at a number of institutions, including Pratt, RPI and City College of New York, teaching and coordinating computational geometry, digital techniques, performance modeling and fabrication methodologies.

His current research resides in computational control of material performance and fabrication techniques with new emerging technologies.

Sorenson received his Bachelors of Architecture from Pratt Institute with Highest Distinction and was awarded with the Henry Adams Certificate of Merit.

He is currently a visiting professor at Pratt Institute teaching Representation and a member of digital futures while also working as a project designer at the architecture office of Lynch Eisigner Design based in New York.

Description:
This workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of CNC Milling and subtractive fabrication. Preparation and best-practices will be reviewed to help everyone better understand the process for getting a 3D model ready for fabrication within our CNC Milling Shop.

Requirements: Participants are required to bring a laptop with Rhino 5.0 and RhinoCAM installed.RhinoCAM – Trial Version

Questions or Comments: Please contact us at – info@digitalfutures.info

Requirements: Participants are required to bring a laptop with Rhino 5.0 and Grasshopper installed. Please make sure you are running the latest Service Release from Rhino and the latest version of Grasshopper.

Questions or Comments: Please contact us at – info@digitalfutures.info

Downloads: Please download workshop files before the start of the workshop.

Description:
This workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of 3D Printing, explaining the process and preparation needed to go from digital 3D model to physical 3D printed object. We will cover history, information, options available, and best practices for modeling, preparation and output.

Requirements: Participants are required to bring a laptop with Rhino installed.

Questions or Comments: Please contact us at – info@digitalfutures.info

Downloads: Please download workshop files before the start of the workshop.
(Files will be available for download on 02/08)

Andrew Payne

Andrew Payne is a registered architect who is currently pursuing his Doctoral degree at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. He founded the multi-disciplinary design collaborative, LIFT architects, in 2007. He received his Masters of Architecture from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation in May of 2005. Prior to that, he studied architecture at Clemson University where he earned a Bachelors of Science degree in 2002.

Andrew’s work explores embedded computation and parametric design and he has lectured and taught workshops throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. He is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture at Columbia University. He was also recently elected to the ACADIA board of directors for the upcoming term (2013-2015).

In 2010, Andrew and Jason Kelly Johnson published Firefly – a comprehensive software plug-in dedicated to bridging the gap between Grasshopper, the Arduino microcontroller, the internet and beyond. It allows near real-time data flow between the digital and physical worlds, and will read/write data to/from internet feeds, remote sensors and more. As of 2011, Andrew has been the lead researcher and developer of Firefly’s new X control tools.

His doctoral research at the GSD, under the direction of Dr. Martin Bechthold and Panagiotis Michalatos, explores how recent advancements in technology can help architects create intelligent spaces and systems that have a capacity to meet changing individual, social, and environmental demands.